Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
  • A63G21/00—Chutes; Helter-skelters
  • A63G21/04—Chutes; Helter-skelters with fixed rails
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
  • A63C19/00—Design or layout of playing courts, rinks, bowling greens or areas for water-skiing; Covers therefor
  • A63C19/10—Ice-skating or roller-skating rinks; Slopes or trails for skiing, ski-jumping or tobogganing
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
  • A63G7/00—Up-and-down hill tracks; Switchbacks

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an amusement vehicle according to the preamble of claim 1 and a bobsleigh, toboggan or roller coaster for using the same.
• roller coasters or summer toboggan runs can be mentioned here.
• a tobogganing device is known from DE 2330933, in which a tobogganing slide can slide on a tobogganing device constructed from mottled segments using gravity.
• the toboggan is not on a specific route, e.g. B. bound in the form of rails, but freely movable within certain limits on the toboggan.
• tobogganing device is described in DE 29800205, in which a vehicle, also using gravity, is placed on a rail arrangement. is removable.
• This type of toboggan essentially corresponds to the principle of a roller coaster, only with the difference that in a roller coaster several sleds are connected to each other and the vehicles cannot be braked individually.
• the invention is based on the basic idea of having the centrifugal forces which act on the driver of an amusement vehicle when cornering be compensated for by a seat arrangement which is freely movable perpendicularly to the direction of travel of the amusement vehicle. In this way, the actual centrifugal forces are converted directly into the movement of the seat assembly.
• the pleasure vehicle according to the invention has a second frame on which one or more seats can be arranged and which is movable substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel of the vehicle the vehicle base frame is arranged.
• the second frame moves in its direction of movement along a closed circular path or a segment of a circle.
• the frame is designed as an open or closed tube segment. In this way it is achieved that the centrifugal forces move the second frame with the driver or drivers in cornering along the cylinder surface of the tube segment in one direction or the other in one direction or the other, whereby the centrifugal forces are reduced.
• the second frame as well as the pleasure vehicle per se on a rail arrangement.
• the rails By means of the rails, on the one hand, a precisely predetermined movement of both the pleasure vehicle and the second frame in relation to the vehicle base frame is possible, and on the other hand, the rail arrangements offer a simple possibility of providing a secure attachment, which means that the vehicle or the second frame is lifted off the rails avoids.
• a securing device which is preferably to be provided both on the vehicle and on the second frame movable in the vehicle, can advantageously consist of opposite pairs of rollers and / or sliding elements, so that the opposite pairs of rollers and / or sliding elements encompass the rails in this way that detachment from the rails is not possible.
• the route can include sloping, ascending or flat sections.
• the bob, toboggan or roller coaster device according to the invention or the amusement vehicle provided for this purpose provide a wide range of designs for a bobsleigh or toboggan run, in which diverse effects can be brought about, which greatly increase driving pleasure for the user.
• FIG. 1 shows a cross section through an amusement vehicle according to the invention and the track arrangement on which the amusement vehicle can be moved;
• FIG. 2 is an illustration of the amusement vehicle. Fig. 1 when cornering; and in
• the rail arrangement consists of the rails 6 and the support frame 7.
• the amusement vehicle 1 has a vehicle base frame 2, on which rollers 5 are provided, which serve to move the amusement vehicle 1. Overall, the amusement vehicle 1 has three pairs of opposing rollers 5, so that the amusement vehicle 1 is securely arranged on the rails 6.
• a frame 10 is further provided on the vehicle base frame 2, which in the present exemplary embodiment is designed as a semicircular tube section, the outer surface 4 in the exemplary embodiment shown (see FIG. 3) being open. However, it is also conceivable for the vehicle to be closed, ie to design the frame 10 as a full-surface tubular element.
• guide rails 8 are also provided, on which a second frame 3 can move by means of second rollers 9.
• the direction of movement for the second frame 3 is predetermined by the guide rails 8 perpendicular to the direction of travel of the pleasure vehicle 1 or the vehicle base frame 2. A movement parallel to the direction of travel of the amusement vehicle 1 or the vehicle base frame 2 is not possible for the second frame 3.
• a seat 11 is schematically indicated on the second frame 3, on which a person can take a seat.
• the guideway which consists of the frame 7 and the rails 6, is not arranged in the curves inclined to the curve axis, but essentially perpendicular to the curve axis is aligned so that when cornering, the centrifugal forces acting on the second frame 3 move the second frame 3 together with the seat 11 along the guide rails 8 or along the circle segment of the tube frame 10.
• the driver is thus displaced either in one direction or in the other direction within the tubular frame 10 in accordance with the centrifugal forces that occur in the curves, the driver being also moved upward by the centrifugal forces due to the circular or circular segment-like cross section of the tubular frame 10 ,
• the pleasure vehicle does not contain its own drive but is only moved by the gravitational forces. Accordingly, the track is similar to a roller coaster or bobsleigh track with corresponding inclinations with respect to the direction of travel.

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